Understanding Law and Legal Concepts

_________________ law deals with methods of enforcing legal rights and duties.

• substantive

• procedural

A crime committed against society is governed under

• civil law

• criminal law

An offense committed against an individual is governed under

• criminal law

• civil law

A document that sets foth the framework of government and its relationship to its peope is

• constitution

• ordinance

• statute

• law

Enforceable rules of conduct

• constitution

• laws

• conduct grade

• suggestions

_______________ ______________ is an open, peaceful, violation of a law to protest its alleged or supposed injustice.

• civil disobedience

• criminal disobedience

• ethical disobedience

• general disobedience

The latin for "let the decision stand"

• ipsum delorum

• Gloria deo

• stare decisis

• I don't know latin

There are __________ stages that societies go through in forming laws.

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 6

Usually formed by the rules of judges used to settle disputes

• common law

• positiv law

Two types of ethical reasoning

• procedural /substantive

• ordinances/codes

• demand/compare

• consequence/rule